Legislation Protects Vulnerable Senior Population with Nationwide System of Background Checks

LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY ENDORSES KOHL-DOMENICI BILL THAT KEEPS CRIMINALS OUT OF LONG-TERM CARE SETTINGS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI), Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, and Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) today announced the endorsement of S. 1577, the Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007, by the National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units, an organization representing units in 49 states and the District of Columbia charged with prosecuting abuse cases occurring in long-term care facilities. The Medicaid Fraud Control Units have been the vanguard in law enforcement efforts to combat abuse, neglect, and exploitation that tragically occur every day in our nursing homes, residential care facilities, home health programs, and hospitals. The Patient Safety and Abuse Prevention Act of 2007 would prevent those with criminal histories from working within long-term care settings by establishing a nationwide system of background checks.

Ashley GlacelPress SecretarySpecial Committee on AgingSenator Herb Kohl, ChairPh: (202) 224-5364 Cell: (202) 340-3299 http://www.aging.senate.gov/

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KOHL, FEINGOLD HONORED FOR SENIORCARE ADVOCACY BY WISCONSIN SENIOR GROUP